how dare u
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Summer Camp for people from major cities tbh
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Tuesday, May 26, 2009 1:23 PM (25 seconds ago) Bookmark
yeah duh!
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
btw i used to live next door to a major
in D______k Township!!!! not even incorporated!!!
Pittsburgh does excellent on culture, pretty good on industry, ethnic food, pizza, but we don't even have a direct intercontinental flight until next week and only patchy service west of the Mississippi. Not saying air transport is the be all and end all but it does tell that you can barely get anywhere south or west of us without flying east or north first
― Prince of Persia (Ed), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
What about Major North American cities?
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population
maybe there's something to be said for population + density or something
― blair underwood: "man up" (omar little), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^but i bet lots of people flying overseas from DC have to fly through NYC (just a wild guess) xpost
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
pittsburg has 3 sports teams = major american city
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm, i'd wager that direct flights is a good rubric
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
clearly, but only two directs a day to the west coast?
I'll accept this is a major city if the Pens win the stanley cup.
― Prince of Persia (Ed), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
major league sports teams is how i define this
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
guys: flights from other, major cities is like the googlebot way of figuring out if yr town is the real deal
more flights, more votes from ppl far away that yr actually major enough to merit visiting for pleasure or for business
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, May 26, 2009 1:27 PM Bookmark
You're not seriously counting the Pirates, are you?
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
if u have 1 sports team ur major, if u dont, ur unmajor, and possibly "gay"
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
no i meant the penguins, the steelers, and the panthers
2 sports teams and a AA baseball team
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I do, according to both google maps and metropolitan-area-pop. definitions. Not so much according to do people in other countries know the name of my city definition.
― nu hollywood (Eric H.), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe if you have a team in one of the four major sports you should make this list (i.e. sorry omaha, welcome to the club green bay)
― blair underwood: "man up" (omar little), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
D_____k Township vs R_____a Township FITE
― Unclench, y'all, unclench (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
if u have 1 sports team ur major
So Green Bay, WI, is major?
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
(xpost)
So it's official, we're going by Google rules and these are the major American cities (hope you didn't already vote yes if you don't live in one):
SeattlePortlandSan FranciscoSacramentoStocktonLas VegasBakersfieldLos AngelesRiversideSan DiegoPhoenixTucsonAlbuquerqueEl PasoSalt Lake CityDenverMinneapolisOmahaLincolnKansas CityWichitaTulsaDallasSan AntonioHoustonAustinMilwaukeeChicagoDetroitClevelandSt LouisCincinnatiPhiladelphiaAtlantaJacksonvilleOrlandoMiamiwe're including Toronto, too, since it's pretty much touching.
― sussing out the Slick Hustler (I DIED), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
every minor world that breaks apart fall together again
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
fallz
green bay counts as milwaukee
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
i.e. sorry omaha
Sorry Austin, too -- I think that's the largest U.S. city without a major sports franchise.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
they have a slam poetry team tho
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
This is the greatest thing I've read today.
― Unclench, y'all, unclench (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
hate 2 break it 2 u ~but~ u only count hockey if u want 2 be a major canadian city
btw any city with a tier 1 or 2 tennis event is a gay city
― Lamp, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
btw milwaukee counts as minneapolis
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Las Vegas?
― sussing out the Slick Hustler (I DIED), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
if u have a major league lacrosse franchise u live in a major wasp city
Had to double-check you weren't HOOS.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
― Unclench, y'all, unclench (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Going strictly by city boundaries, Austin is about 750k and Las Vegas is about 550k.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
cities with teams from all four major sports leagues (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL):
AtlantaBostonChicagoDallas-Fort WorthDenverDetroitMiamiMinneapolis-St. PaulNew YorkPhiladelphiaPhoenixSan Francisco Bay AreaWashington DC
― sussing out the Slick Hustler (I DIED), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
okay so how can we rig ^^^ so NYC isn't on it
― Unclench, y'all, unclench (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
thats a pretty good list of the best cities in the US if you switch phoenix with LA and get rid of boston
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
if u have a NASCAR event then u r a real american city
― Lamp, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
oh and also delete DFW
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Max u suck.
― TAT THY SAD EAGLE (ENBB), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
if u live somewhere w/o broadband access than u live in a city of real ppl
― Lamp, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:44 (fourteen years ago) link
im assuming dc will be destroyed by aliens or terrorists or angry yelpers in the next few years so we can take it off the list
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
cities w/ all teams four major sports leagues based in the same state as the city
― sussing out the Slick Hustler (I DIED), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
hey motherfucker
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
OK I live in the 25th largest metro area in the US apparently, but I voted no b/c of the original topic of the poll - that is, it doesn't really have much of an independent film/arts scene. But I guess by my definition there's only like 4 major US cities.
― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
yaya f u meadowlands
― jergins, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
NYC MSA includes parts of four states, including where all the sports teams are located and where one of the members of Metro Area is from
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
in DC we don't count the Nationals as a major league franchise but we do count Obama as one.
― sussing out the Slick Hustler (I DIED), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link